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Filed Nov. 24, 1958 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 United States Patent DOLL RobertRisler, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (87 Avenue de Villiers, Paris 17,France) Filed Nov. 24, 1958, Ser. No. 776,050 Claims priority,application France Dec. 26, 1957 1 Claim. (Cl. 46-22) The presentinvention has for its object a doll which is of simple design,inexpensive to produce and adaptable to a variety of costumes which areeasily obtained. This doll may either serve as a toy or it may be usedfor decorative effects or for publicity purposes.

This doll is characterised in that the body is formed by separatemembers which are assembled together in such manner as to fix betweenthem the pieces of cutout fabric, paper or other material which formsthe dress.

With this method of assembly, the dolls dress is not made of parts whichare sewn and fitted on the doll in the manner of ordinary clothes;instead of this, it is made of portions which are simply cut-out,without seams, which are simply held by the assembly of the partsconstituting the body of the doll.

This form of clothing avoids the need to make-up conventional dressesfor the doll and can be produced at low cost. A great variety of dollscan thus be very cheaply produced and can especially be used as apublicity support for clothing materials.

The complete dress outfit for the doll may be provided in a single shortlength of printed fabric, which is ready for cutting into sections to beinserted between the body parts of the doll.

According to one form of construction, the body of the doll isconstituted by a central member provided with slots forming pincer jaws,in which the other parts are engaged. The sections of the dress arefixed at the junction of the various parts with the jaws or, if so desired between each other.

The accompanying drawings show one form of construction of the dollaccording to the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a general view of the front of the doll when assembled anddressed.

Fig. 2 is a profile view corresponding to Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows the central member in perspective.

Fig. 4 is a profile view of this member.

Fig. 5 is a view in cross-section, taken along the line VV of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a detail view of the parts which constitute the body of thedoll when dismantled.

Fig. 7 shows the parts of the dress in detail.

The doll is made-up of a head 20, arms 21, a central part 22representing the trunk and a bottom section 23 corresponding to theabdominal and leg portions. All these parts are quite separate anddetachable. They are associated with each other by means of the centralmember 22.

The said central member has an upper portion 24 comprising a slot orgroove 25 and a lower portion 26 with a slot 27.

The upper portion 24 has the shape of the body above the waist, and maybe decorated, if required, with a bodice or a bolero. The lower portion26 is narrower. The slot 25 of the upper portion is formed in a straightline: it penetrates to a depth corresponding to only a 'part of theheight of the portion 24. The slot 27 of the 'lower portion 26penetrates to a depth which substantially corresponds to the entireheight of the said lower portion 26; this slot should preferably be inthe form of a chevron or V, as shown in Fig. 5.

The member 22 can be made of any material such as wood, plasticmaterial, ebonite, metal, etc. It will be seen that on account of itstwo slots 25 and 27, this member forms two jaws or pincers which serveto assemble the other parts of the body 20, 21 and 23. These parts aremade of any flat material, cardboard or the like, and may for example becut-out from a printed board. The head 20 is provided with an end-piece28. The arms 21 are formed by a member having a folded-back portion 29and slots 30. After folding the portion 29, the end piece 28 of the head20 is inserted in the slot 30 and the whole is inserted in the slot 25so as to form the upper half of the dolls body.

The lower half of the body is formed by the cut-out member 23 which ispreferably shaped to have a widened-out portion 31 at its base torepresent the feet. This member is folded lengthwise along the line 40so that it can be inserted in the V-shaped slot 27 of the member 22.This method of assembly is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. It ensures thatthe doll stands firmly on its widened base 31.

While this assembly is being effected however, the dressing of the dollis carried out at the same time by inserting articles of dress betweenthe assembled parts. These articles, which are made of paper, fabric, oreven plastic material, and are preferably cut-out without seams or anyassembly, consist for example, as shown in Fig. 7, of a rectangularportion 32 taking the shape of the body, a circular or oval portion 33representing the skirt, and a cut-out portion 34 in the form of anapron. There may be provided in addition the cut-out portion 35 which isfolded at 36 to form the head-dress.

The bodice portion 32 is provided with a slot 37 which is engaged in theend-piece 28 of the head. This portion 3-2 is then folded over the loweredge of the part 21 and is engaged together with this latter in the slot25.

The skirt portion 33 is provided at its centre with a slot 38. The apronportion 34 is provided in like manner with a slot 39. These slots are ofthe same size as the lower part 26 of the central member 22.

The parts 33 and 34 are mounted on this part 26 before the base 23 isfixed in the slot 27. By this means they are clamped between the part 24and the base 23.

It will be seen that the doll formed in this way lends itself to manydifferent forms of presentation, in the way of styles and colours ofdresses. These dresses can be made from simple cut-out pieces which arevery easy to make.

What I claim is:

A transformable doll constituted by a body formed by members which areassembled to each other, with interchangeable clothing elements,comprising an element having the shape of a bust and provided with upperand lower slits, an element forming the arms, and an element forming thehead, these two latter elements being inserted in detachable manner inthe upper slit of the bust element, an element forming the legs andinserted in the lower slit of the bust element, the parts of clothing:skirt, blouse, kerchief and apron, constituted by pieces of cut-outfabric without seams comprising an opening which is slightly larger thanthe section of the portions of the elements which engage in the slits ofthe bust element, the said parts of clothing being placed and held inposition by insertingthe corresponding element in the slit of the bustelement.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTSFOREIGN lATENTS Great Britain France Mar. 31,

